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The Sufism of the Rubáiyát

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Norton F. W. Hazeldine translation

And if but for the asking all wisdom could be thine, what value would'st thou place upon things thus obtained? Work makes the value, values cares do bring, cares bring forth sorrow, Death's complaisant friend. Few from this womb are born that to maturity arrive; it is here that all values end and it is here that they all begin.

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